Los Angeles - Civic Center

In the Civic Center near the City Hall in Los Angeles can be found the following administrative buildings: Hall of Records (320 West Temple Street), built in 1961 by the Viennese Richard Neutra (open: Mon.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm); the Criminal Courts Building (210 West Temple Street), built in 1925, the seat of several state and municipal courts (open: Mon,-Fri. 8 am-4.30 pm); the Federal Courthouse building (312 N. Spring Street), seat of the federal district court, built in 1940 in the New Functionalistic style of the period; the Parker Center (155 N. Los Angeles Street), built in 1955, and the Los Angeles police headquarters, named after a former police chief.